Diary of John P. Ricou on the voyage of the barque Indus from London to Brisbane, 06 April 1872-03 July 1872
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- Diary kept by John P. Ricou on the voyage of the barque Indus from London to Brisbane, 6 April – 3 July 1872.The diary, which mostly contains short entries, refers to the departure from Gravesend (10 April), the weather, meals, the sighting of La Palma (Canary Islands), church services, the sighting of ships, concerts, dances, deaths of passengers, crossing the Equator (7 May), fights between passengers, sighting of albatrosses and porpoises, mountainous seas in the Indian Ocean, Christy Minstrel performances, the sighting of Cape Otway (24 June), the east coast of Australia, the sighting of Moreton Island, and the arrival at Brisbane.
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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